TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hore-Lacy, Fiona
AU  - Dimitriadis, Christina
AU  - Hoy, Ryan F
AU  - Jimenez-Martin, Javier
AU  - Sim, Malcolm R
AU  - Fisher, Jane
AU  - Glass, Deborah C
AU  - Walker-Bone, Karen
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/2/24
TI  - Screening Workers for Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica: Development and Usability of an Electronic Data Capture Tool
JO  - JMIR Hum Factors
SP  - e64111
VL  - 12
KW  - silicosis
KW  - occupational history
KW  - electronic data capture tool (EDCT)
KW  - REDCap
KW  - occupational respiratory screening
KW  - occupational hazard
KW  - exposure
KW  - silica
KW  - fibrotic lung disease
KW  - lung disease
KW  - respirable crystalline silica
KW  - mining
KW  - construction
KW  - workers
KW  - occupational lung disease
KW  - occupational
KW  - Australia
KW  - screening
AB  - Background: Cases of the occupational lung disease silicosis have been identified in workers processing artificial stone in the stone benchtop industry (SBI). In the Australian state of Victoria, the Regulator commissioned a screening program for all workers in this industry. Objective: To facilitate systematic data collection, including high-quality exposure assessment, an electronic data capture tool (EDCT) was developed. Methods: A multidisciplinary team developed an EDCT using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap; Vanderbilt University). The needs of the EDCT were (1) data entry by multiple clinicians and the workers attending for screening and (2) systematic collection of data for clinical and research purposes. The comprehensibility and utility of the tool were investigated with a sample of workers, and the EDCT was subsequently refined. Results: The EDCT was used in clinical practice, with capacity for data extraction for research. Testing of comprehension and utility was undertaken with 15 workers, and the refined version of the Occupational Silica Exposure Assessment Tool (OSEAT) was subsequently developed. Conclusions: The refined OSEAT has been determined to be comprehensible to workers and capable of collecting exposure data suitable for assessment of risk of silicosis. It was developed for workers in the SBI in Australia and is adaptable, including translation into other languages. It can also be modified for SBI workers in other countries and for use by workers from other industries (mining, construction) at risk of silica exposure, including in lower-income settings. 
SN  - 2292-9495
UR  - https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2025/1/e64111
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/64111
DO  - 10.2196/64111
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/64111
ER  -